The alternative title to this post was ‘Confessions of a Whole30 Drop Out’. It’s true! We were just about done with Day 5, grocery shopping on a Sunday evening in Central Market when I turned to Aaron and said, “I don’t think I want to do this anymore.” I’m an impulsive person and we hadn’t exactly planned ahead. We knew we were going to be spending the coming weekend with friends out at a house on the river in the middle of nowhere where we would have to bring all of our own food and eat totally separate meals from everyone which just sounded so high maintenance and not fun. Plus, I kept thinking about how I was about to be home bound with a newborn in roughly 75 days and didn’t want to spend the next 25 eating at home, but rather out enjoying date night and new restaurants with my hubs! I immediately grabbed a chocolate chip cookie from the bakery and bit right in to make it official. A few things I learned:

Planning ahead is essential! You can’t open the door hungry to an empty refrigerator. Also, I love doing the Tessemae’s Ketchup, BBQ sauce, and salad dressings to keep down the already exorbitant amount of food prep. Next time I would have these on hand from the beginning.

Don’t over do it on Sweet Potatoes and Avocado. It feels like they’re in nearly every Whole30 recipe and 5 days in I never wanted to see another sweet potato again.

Make extra of everything, especially meats. Last night’s ground turkey stuffed peppers easily becomes today’s taco salad for lunch when there are leftovers in the refrigerator.

Plan for snacks. We were constantly looking for those little things to munch on between meals or to take with us in the car. Almond butter packs, fruit, and nuts were our go tos, but in the future I would make compliant bars and other things

Anyways, I figured we would continue this Whole30 Meal Plan series for any of you out there who are in the thick of it and also so I can reference it come January when I’m ready to finally complete this challenge! (Here are Week 1 and Week 2)

DAY1:

breakfast: Two slices of Whole30 Bacon and 2 Over Easy Eggs (make extra bacon for lunch)

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Ha! Confessions of a Whole30 Dropout sounds good to me, too 😉 Thanks for making my Whole30 McGriddles, and they just happen to include both sweet potato and avocado! I get soooo tired of sweet potatoes on a Whole30, too. But nothing like compared to my egg fatigue!